This is a list of the men’s senior world records in the sport of Weightlifting between the years of 1998 and 2018. All world records from the previous era that spanned from 1993 to 1997 were nullified for the 1998 restructuring off the weight classes.
Linked to each world record is a video of the lift as well as the athlete’s Instagram page or Wikipedia page.
Current World Records
- Men
- Women
Men’s 56 kg
| Snatch | 139 kg | Wu Jingbaio | CHN | 21.11.2015, Houston | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 171 kg | Om Yun-chol | DPRK | 21.11.2015, Houston | (watch) |
| Total | 307 kg | Long Qingquan | CHN | 07.08.2016, Rio | (watch) |
Men’s 62 kg
| Snatch | 154 kg | Kim Un-guk | DPRK | 21.09.2014, Incheon | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 183 kg | Chen Lijun | CHN | 22.11.2015, Houston | (watch) |
| Total | 333 kg | Chen Lijun | CHN | 22.11.2105, Houston | (watch) |
Men’s 69 kg
| Snatch | 166 kg | Liao Hui | CHN | 10.11.2014, Almaty | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 198 kg | Liao Hui | CHN | 23.10.2013, Wroclaw | (watch) |
| Total | 359 kg | Liao Hui | CHN | 10.11.2014, Almaty | (watch) |
Men’s 77 kg
| Snatch | 177 kg | Lü Xiaojun | CHN | 10.08.2016, Rio | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 214 kg | Nijat Rahimov | KAZ | 10.08.2016, Rio | (watch) |
| Total | 380 kg | Lü Xiaojun | CHN | 24.10.2013, Wroclaw | (watch) |
Men’s 85 kg
| Snatch | 187 kg | Andrei Rybakou | BLR | 22.09.2007, Chiang Mai | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 220 kg | Kianoush Rostami | IRI | 31.05.2016, Tehran | (watch) |
| Total | 396 kg | Kianoush Rostami | IRI | 12.08.2016, Rio | (watch) |
Men’s 94 kg
| Snatch | 189 kg | Sohrab Moradi | IRI | 25.08.2018, Jakarta | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 233 kg | Sohrab Moradi | IRI | 03.12.2017, Anaheim | (watch) |
| Total | 417 kg | Sohrab Moradi | IRI | 03.12.2017, Anaheim | (watch) |
Men’s 105 kg
| Snatch | 200 kg | Andrei Aramnau | BLR | 18.08.2008, Beijing | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 246 kg | Ilya Ilyin | KAZ | 12.12.2015, Grozny | (watch) |
| Total | 437 kg | Ilya Ilyin | KAZ | 12.12.2015, Grozny | (watch) |
Men’s +105 kg
| Snatch | 220 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | GEO | 05.12.2017, Anaheim | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 263 kg | Hossein Rezazadeh | IRI | 25.08.2004, Athens | (watch) |
| Total | 477 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | GEO | 05.12.2017, Anaheim | (watch) |
Women’s 48 kg
| Snatch | 98 kg | Yang Lian | CHN | 01.10.2006, Santo Domingo | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 121 kg | Nurcan Taylan | TUR | 17.09.2010, Antalya | (watch) |
| Total | 217 kg | Yang Lian | CHN | 01.10.2006, Santo Domingo | (watch) |
Women’s 53 kg
| Snatch | 103 kg | Li Ping | CHN | 14.11.2010, Guangzhou | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 134 kg | Zulfiya Chinshanlo | KAZ | 10.11.2014, Almaty | (watch) |
| Total | 233 kg | Hsu Shu-ching | TPE | 21.09.2014, Incheon | (watch) |
Women’s 58 kg
| Snatch | 112 kg | Boyanka Kostova | AZE | 23.11.2015, Houston | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 142 kg | Kuo Hsing-chun | TPE | 21.08.2017, Taipei | (watch) |
| Total | 252 kg | Boyanka Kostova | AZE | 23.11.2015, Houston | (watch) |
Women’s 63 kg
| Snatch | 117 kg | Svetlana Tsarukayeva | RUS | 08.11.2011, Paris | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 147 kg | Deng Wei | CHN | 09.08.2016, Rio | (watch) |
| Total | 262 kg | Deng Wei | CHN | 09.08.2016, Rio | (watch) |
Women’s 69 kg
| Snatch | 123 kg | Oksana Slivenko | RUS | 04.10.2006, Santo Domingo | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 157 kg | Zarema Kasayeva | RUS | 13.11.2005, Doha | (watch) |
| Total | 276 kg | Oksana Slivenko | RUS | 24.09.2007, Chiang Mai | (watch) |
Women’s 75 kg
| Snatch | 135 kg | Natalia Zabolotnaya | RUS | 17.12.2011, Belgorod | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 164 kg | Kim Un-ju | DPRK | 25.09.2014, Incheon | (watch) |
| Total | 296 kg | Natalia Zabolotnaya | RUS | 17.12.2011, Belgorod | (watch) |
Women’s 90 kg
| Snatch | 130 kg | Viktoriya Shaymardanova | UKR | 21.08.2004, Athens | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 160 kg | Hripsime Khurshudyan | ARM | 25.09.2010, Antalya | (watch) |
| Total | 283 kg | Hripsime Khurshudyan | ARM | 25.09.2010, Antalya | (watch) |
Women’s +90 kg
| Snatch | 155 kg | Tatiana Kashirina | RUS | 16.11.2014, Almaty | (watch) |
| Clean & Jerk | 193 kg | Tatiana Kashirina | RUS | 16.11.2014, Almaty | (watch) |
| Total | 348 kg | Tatiana Kashirina | RUS | 16.11.2014, Almaty | (watch) |